# Incident 19970203004289I: Maule MX7235, Isla De Ramos, Puerto Rico, February 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1997, 17:45 local time
- Place: Isla De Ramos, Puerto Rico
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3127° N, 65.6096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Isla de Ramos, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3127&lon=-65.6096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401HS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401HS-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-235 (registry code 5470207, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 25 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970203004289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING OUT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LARGE WAVE THAT WASHED OVER THE RIGHT FLOAT. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED RIGHT AND NOSED DOWN CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO HIT THE WAVE, WHICH INVERTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THERE WERE NO OTHER SOULS ONBOARD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, OTHER THAN WATER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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